LEARNING AREAS

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

One of the best ways to enhance your child's development is to enhance his play.

Play develops the whole child. Social, physical, intellectual and emotional skills are learnt and enhanced through play.

With play our focus will be to develop social skills.

Play encourages independence and responsibility.

Through play, a child learns about relationship with other people

He learns to communicate

He learns to take turns and follow rules

SELF-HELP SKILLS

Activities of self-help skills are a series of basic activities performed by individuals on a daily basis, necessary for independent living at home or in the communityTeaching these skills will foster independence on the journey to adulthood and is of utmost importance.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Learning to talk is one of the most complex aspects of child development.Learning to talk involves listening, understanding and analyzing information.Language has: · A reception dimension - the ability to understand · An expressive dimension - words/gestures the child uses to express him-/herself special education Kuala Lumpur special needs education

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A child's social and emotional development will be influenced by his inborn temperament, (eg. natural extrovert or shy introvert) and his environment.

BRAIN GYM

The Brain Gym® program is a system developed by learning specialist Paul E. Dennison, Ph.D., in which simple, enjoyable physical movements are used to stimulate brain function and enhance our ability to learn, process information and move in an organized, comfortable way in the world around us. It prepares children with the physical skills they especially need to read, concentrate, organize and otherwise function effective in the classroom and community.

GROSS-MOTOR SKILLS

Those physical skills which require whole body movement and which involve the large (core stabilizing) muscles of the body

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FINE-MOTOR SKILLS

Involve the use of the smaller muscle of the hands. It requires a number of independent skills to work together to appropriately manipulate the object or perform the task.

CREATIVITY

Creativity develops in a nurturing, relaxed environment

it teaches children about space, colour and texture

Scribbles can be relaxing and creative

Helps children to release energy and relief tension

Help strengthen little hands and fingers

Helps children to relax and gain sensoryexperiences

Provides much different sensory experience

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LEARNING THROUGH SENSES (perceptual development)

“Learning through the Senses”Perception develops through information that is gathered from the senses, which allows children to make sense of their environment. As they grow, babies and young children learn to discern information from the environment that is significant to them. This ability to filter information helps children interpret and attach meaning to objects and events. LEARNING A CONCEPT THROUGH AS MANY SENSES AS POSSIBLE, ENHANCES YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING CAPACITYWe retain:

10% of what we read

20% of what we hear

30% of what we see

10% of what we hear and say at the same time

90% of what we hear, see, say and do at the same time

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT (Pre-academics)

Literacy and early numeracy:

LITERACY

Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of the world.

EARLY NUMERACY & MATHEMATICS

Mathematics is the construction of knowledgethat deals with qualitative and quantitative relationships of space and time.

It deals with patterns, problem-solving, logical thinking etc.in an attempt to understand the world and make use of that understanding.

This understanding is expressed, developed and contested through language, symbols and social interaction.